Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Recently received this email from my mom (I edited the title & text just slightly to eliminate ‘email-speak’ and protect identities) …

Suzie,
Was going through my recipe's looking for bar recipe's … and I found a recipe from Grandma for Sponge Cake with 12 egg yolks. Don't know if you remember it - but I made it a few times - sponge cake is rich. I like it plain, but I remember Dad liked it with a thin orange or lemon glaze. So here it is:

A Prayer For My Family

I offer thanks, dear Lord, for the gift of my family. May we always strive for peace and harmony among ourselves.May we accept one another's weaknesses ... and encourage one another's strengths. May we always forgive one another's failings ... and rejoice in one another's successes.

I pray that we will always be patient, kind, and cheerful with one another. Help us to be selfless, always placing the welfare of one another ahead of self.Through Jesus Christ, your only Son, our Lord. Amen.

anyway.

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.If you find serentiy and happiness, others may be jealous; Be happy anyway.The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.Give the world the bestyou have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway.You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and "them" anyway.This is most commonly known as being presented by Mother Teresa. It was actually written by Kent Keith. I found it at the Holy Family Shrine in Gretna, NE.